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Wickliffe Police looking for serial exposer

(Wickliffe) – Wickliffe Police are looking for a man who’s showing more than anyone wants to see.

The latest incident happened Tuesday evening, October 1, at about 11:17 pm. Police say a white male suspect opened an unlocked rear screen door and confronted two adult females and a juvenile female who were seated at a kitchen table just inside the door.

The suspect exposed himself and began to masturbate as he stated, “You want some?”

The females screamed, and the suspect fled out the same door that he entered. The resident locked the door and called 911 at once. Several patrol cars responded and checked the area, but the suspect was gone on arrival.

The suspect is described as a white male in his mid-thirties, 5’7” inches tall with medium to slightly heavy build and two or three day’s growth of facial hair. He was wearing a grey zip-up hooded sweatshirt, and blue jeans.

This incident is not the first to occur at the Ridgewick Gardens apartment complex.

In March of this year, a similarly described male exposed himself to an adult female in a parking lot of the same apartment complex, and in May, the same type of incident occurred at a neighboring apartment complex.

All three incidents are believed to be related. As a result of the proximity of the crimes, there is likelihood that the suspect lives in the general area.

Finally, at about 5:20 pm on this same date, a white male exposed himself to a juvenile female on Glenhurst Road in Willowick. Wickliffe and Willowick investigators are comparing information to determine if the two incidents may be related.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Wickliffe Police Department at #440-943-1234.